Observation of negative effective thermal diffusion in gold films

A Block, R Yu, IW Un, S Varghese, M Liebel… - ACS …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Ultrafast light-induced spatiotemporal dynamics in metals in the form of electron and/or
phonon heating is a fundamental physical process that has tremendous practical relevance …

Ballistic vs. diffusive transport in metals

Y Sivan, IW Un, S Sarkar - arXiv preprint arXiv:2402.15226, 2024 - arxiv.org
Using the Boltzmann transport model, we show that, somewhat unintuitively, ballistic
transport of electrons in metals is weaker than diffusive transport. This happens because the …